<p>Pritesh Singh asked whether anyone other than the intended recipient can view files attached to a Gmail message.</p><p>Unless you take special precautions, nothing you send by email is secure. That's doubly true with Gmail, since Google uses the content of your messages to target advertising.</p><p>I very much doubt that Google employees are reading your mail; there are cheaper ways to get the job done. But the potential of abuse is always there. And let's not forget the NSA's enthusiasm for sticking its nose into everything we do online.</p><p>[Email your tech questions to answer@pcworld.com.]</p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2054325/what-you-need-to-know-about-privacy-email-and-particularly-gmail.html">Keep reading...</a></p>